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བཀའ་རྟགས་ཀྱི་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་བཞི།

Syn chos kyi sdom bzhi. the Four Seals that Signify the Teachings, Buddha's Words, or Four Seals Indicative of the Transmitted Precepts:

  1. All composite things are impermanent, or All that is compounded is impermanent ('dus byas thams cad mi rtag pa);
  2. All defiling things are suffering, or All that is corrupt is suffering (zag bcas thams cad sdug bsngal ba);
  3. All phenomena are empty and devoid of a self-entity, or All things are without self (chos thams cad stong zhing bdag med pa);
  4. Nirvana is peace/quiescence (mya ngan las 'das pa zhi ba). (RY)

four seals of the Buddha's teachings. (IW)